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Dating and Relationships – Divorced Girl Smiling
Why There’s No Need To Fear Sex After Divorce
Let’s talk about sex after divorce. I know this woman who has been divorced for a couple of years and recently began dating. She is in her 50’s and has two children.
The first date she had was a flop-no attraction on either side. The…
What It Is Like To Fall In Love After 50
Falling in love after 50 is really really surprising to men and women. How I know this is, I’ve gotten countless emails from readers who are getting divorced and they write that a huge fear for them is that they will never find love…
Givers and takers in relationships
There are givers and takers in relationships. That doesn’t mean that in every relationship, there is one giver and one taker. That might be the case, but a relationship could also have two takers or two givers. Or, more commonly, in…
3 Words For Those Who Have A Fear Of Dating
I feel like I’ve gotten a lot of emails lately from readers who express a fear of dating after divorce. Having experienced it myself, I can say firsthand that I don’t blame them! Dating after divorce is terrifying for anyone. Fear of…
How to Date After Divorce at 40: 11 Tips
As someone who dated from the time I was 16 until I got married at 35, and then dated again at 41 until I was 49, I have a lot to say on the subject of dating, both before and after divorce. In many ways, dating as a teenager isn’t…
Places to Meet Single People in the burbs
Almost every divorced man or woman I know has made a comment at one time or another about how difficult it is to meet single people in the suburbs. After all, it’s easy to picture suburbia as a multitude of residential neighborhoods…
How Long Should You Casually Date Someone
A Divorced Girl Smiling reader wrote this: I am recently divorced and not sure I want to get into another relationship right away, but don’t want to sleep around either. Is casual dating without sex even possible? And, how long should…
15 Questions Men Have About Women
Last week, I called my friend to tell him I was going to be a few minutes late for our meeting because I wanted to squeeze in a manicure.”Why do women get their nails done?” he asked. “I never understood that.” That’s when it hit me.…
Dating A Player Or Is He Just A Player With You?
This is a great dating story about a divorced friend of mine who was dating a player (or so I thought.)
It all started last fall, when she went out with a guy she really thought she liked. The problem was, he wasn’t treating her…
I Feel Broken: Dumped, Angry And In Pain
I’ve been corresponding with a reader who has been divorced for several years, and was recently in a relationship for well over a year, which she thought was happy, healthy, and loving. Until her boyfriend broke up with her via text,…